Manifolding sales or copying book.



No; 7o9,32o. 'Patnte d Sept. m, 1902;

P. HAND. I MANIFOLDING SALESoB comma BOOK.

(Application filed. Apr. 19, 1902.)

WITNESSES; INVENITOR Pfii/f/ffdn'a v S BY I A v W6? mufiz ATTORNEY m: NORRIS PETERS co. PHoTo-urrlm WASHINQYON. o c.

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PHILIP HANO, OF NEW YORK, N.

MANlFOLDlNG SALES on COPYlNG BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 709,320, dated September 16, 1902.

Application filed April 19, 1902. Serial No. 103,764. (No model.)

To all whom it im/y concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HANo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manhattan borough, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifold i ng Sales or Copying Books, ofwhich the following isa specification.

This invention relates to sales-slip books or books used in making duplicate memoranda of sales and the like for use in stores and elsewhere.

. The books forming the subject of this inventiou have various advantages, since they are sofconstructed that it is'easy for a customer to examine the booksand ascertain.

whether the nuniber of sheets called for in the book is correct. By making each section in the book-contain sheets tothe number t five or a multiple of five such examination or count can be made practically at a glance,

or apparel.

is easy to use, and being alsoeasy to manu facture it can be cheaply andquickly produced. Such "books being generally manufactured by the aidof web-presses that deliverthe sheets with great rapidity, it expedites labor when handling, for example, five sheets instead of one, and it is furthermore easieror more expeditious to fold five sheets Fig. 2 is a side elevation'of Fig. 1.

instead of one.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claimsand illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book embodying this invention, the thickness of the leaves being exaggerated, so as to enable the individual leaves to be viewed or counted.

In this book the leaves are folded otherwise than singly-that is, the leaves comprising a certain number are folded as a set at one and the same time, so that but one fold or bend is made, and this is common to all the leaves of that set. The number is preferably one of easy additionas, for example, in fives or in multiples of the total number of pages of the book. The word leaf is used herein to denote a sheet as shown unfolded in the drawings, there being two flaps to each leaf, and five of such leaves make up what is called herein a section. The fold or bend common to the five leaves of a'section or set is indicated at 0t. Perforations may be run along this foldto facilitate the tearing off of one flap from the other, respectively. The foldedfiaps are the originals and lie above the carbonsheet b, so that the live flaps underneath the carbon form the duplicates of those above, respectively. One carbon-sheet can be used for the entire book, and it is seen bound with the several sets. at c.

Say the book is to be used for the first time. Then original flaps 5, 4, 3, and 2 are unfolded or thrown off the book-body, and they lie as in unfolded hooks. Flap l is thus exposed to receive writing, and as the carbon-sheet lies'between such [lap and its duplicate the latter receives a like writing or entry, upon the completion of which the duplicate is torn off along perforation d, so that it, together with the original, can be removed from the book. They in turn can be separated at bend or perforation a to be used or distributed as customary. Another sale having been made, the original fiap 2 is laid over the carbonsheet, and as its corresponding duplicate flap is now immediately underneath the carbon the entry made on such flap 2 will result in duplicating the proper flap. The remaining flaps 3, 4, and 5 are proceeded with in like manner, and when this first set of flaps is exhausted the carbon-sheet is interposed between the groups of original and duplicate flaps of the next or second set or section. This next set or section, as seen in Fig. 2, is numbered from 6 to 10, and when it has become exhausted the third set is used. Only two sets are shown in Fig. 2. The book is, however, made up usually of ten sections, each comprising a series of five leaves,each furnishing duplicate flaps, making up each section; but of course this number of sets, as well as of leaves, respectively flaps, can be varied according to the custom of the particular trade. The necessarily-exaggerated thickness ofeach leaf did not well allow for showing the entire number of fifty leaves usually bound into one book.

When a sale has beentmade and the book is not in actual use, theoriginal flaps which were lying ofi the book can be taken up and laid or folded onto the duplicate flaps. leaves are thus not extended, but doubled up, and the book is consequently in compact form whennot in'use.

It is not new to double all the leaves or the entire pile of a book simultaneously or with but one common fold or one'set of superposed folds and to provide a carbon-sheet for such book, and such arrangement is not claimed herein.

Books having each leaf folded upon itself are not new, and no claim thereto is made herein; but these books require the user to first lift the carbon-sheet, then to unfold the original flap which was underlying the carhon-sheet, then to let the carbon-sheet come onto the duplicate flap, then to fold the'original flap onto the carbon, after which operations the required entry or writing can be made in duplicate.

It may be sufficient tohave butone carbonsheet for the entire book, said carbon being inclosed at the start within the top section; but in case it is necessary then other sections may have carbon-leaves interposed as required. Each leaf composing such a book has a binding-stub with the usual perforated or ripping line, said stub when'the slips have been detached remaining bound in place, and each section is folded so that the free edges of its sheets come practically to the stub ripping-line. I

The book can be bound or provided with a suitable cover or case, and by having the leaves and cover detachably connected the cover can be attached or applied to successive blocks or pads of, say, fifty leaves each as the same are respectively consumed or filled out and ripped off.

Of course the bunch of stubs remaining from an exhausted supply of leaves is removed from the cover before a newsupply of leaves, or rather the stub portion thereof, is screwed or clamped or otherwise temporarily con nected to the cover.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A copying or sales book comprising a number of separate leaves forming a plurality of superposed sections, each section folded upon itself independently of the other sections.

2. A copying or sales book comprising'a 1 number of separate leaves arranged in sections, each section folded by itself so as 'to, 1

have its fold separate and distinct from the other sections.

3. A copying or sales book comprising a number of separate'leaves each provided with a line of separation, said leaves arranged in series to formlsections, each section being folded upon itself independently of the other section, and a carbon or transfer sheet adapted to successively come between the folds of each sheet of the sections.

4. A copying or sales book comprising upon itself independently of the other sections, and said sections being adapted to receive carbon-leaves within their folds.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set nnmb er of separate leaves arranged in series to form sections, each section being folded 

